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πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ Will 2025 See a Rise of NHI Attacks? πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ

The flurry of nonhuman identity attacks at the end of 2024 demonstrates extremely strong momentum heading into the new year. That does not bode well.

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🦿 How to Create a Secure Username 🦿

Discover how to create a unique and secure username for your online accounts, and find out why its just as important as having a strong password.

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β™ŸοΈ MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years β™ŸοΈ

The payment card giant MasterCard just fixed a glaring error in its domain name server settings that could have allowed anyone to intercept or divert Internet traffic for the company by registering an unused domain name. The misconfiguration persisted for nearly five years until a security researcher spent 300 to register the domain and prevent it from being grabbed by cybercriminals.

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🧠 2024 Cloud Threat Landscape Report: How does cloud security fail? 🧠

Organizations often set up security rules to help reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities and risks. The 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report discovered that 40 of all data breaches involved data distributed across multiple environments, meaning that these bestlaid plans often fail in the cloud environment. Not surprisingly, many organizations find keeping a robust security posture The post 2024 Cloud Threat Landscape Report How does cloud security fail? appeared first on Security Intelligence.

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πŸ–‹οΈ Trump Terminates DHS Advisory Committee Memberships, Disrupting Cybersecurity Review πŸ–‹οΈ

The new Trump administration has terminated all memberships of advisory committees that report to the Department of Homeland Security DHS.  "In alignment with the Department of Homeland Security's DHS commitment to eliminating the misuse of resources and ensuring that DHS activities prioritize our national security, I am directing the termination of all current memberships on advisory.

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πŸ–‹οΈ Hackers Exploit Zero-Day in cnPilot Routers to Deploy AIRASHI DDoS Botnet πŸ–‹οΈ

Threat actors are exploiting an unspecified zeroday vulnerability in Cambium Networks cnPilot routers to deploy a variant of the AISURU botnet called AIRASHI to carry out distributed denialofservice DDoS attacks. According to QiAnXin XLab, the attacks have leveraged the security flaw since June 2024. Additional details about the shortcomings have been withheld to prevent further abuse. Some.

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πŸ“” PlushDaemon APT Targeted South Korean VPN Software πŸ“”

PlushDaemon APT hacked South Korean VPN software with SlowStepper backdoor as part of a 2023 espionage campaign.

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πŸ“” Tycoon 2FA Phishing Kit Upgraded to Bypass Security Measures πŸ“”

Threat researchers analyzed the updated Tycoon 2FA phishing kit, which bypasses MFA.

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πŸ“” 73% of UK Education Sector Hit by Cyber-Attacks in Past Five Years πŸ“”

New ESET research reveals that 73 of UK educational institutions experienced at least one cyberattack or breach in the past five years.

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πŸ“” Ransomware Attacks Surge to Record High in December 2024 πŸ“”

NCC Group observed 574 global ransomware attacks in December, the highest monthly volume it has recorded.

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πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ Chinese Cyberspies Target South Korean VPN in Supply Chain Attack πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ

Advanced persistent threat group PlushDaemon, active since 2019, is using a sophisticated modular backdoor to collect data from infected systems in South Korea.

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πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ Trump Pardons 'Silk Road' Dark Web Drug Market Creator πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ

The pardon comes after 11 years in prison for Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life without parole on several charges, including computer hacking, distribution of narcotics, and money laundering.

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πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ Trump Overturns Biden Rules on AI Development, Security πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ

The new administration moved quickly to remove any constraints on AI development and collected 500 billion in investment pledges for an Americanowned AI joint venture.

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πŸ–‹οΈ TRIPLESTRENGTH Hits Cloud for Cryptojacking, On-Premises Systems for Ransomware πŸ–‹οΈ

Google on Wednesday shed light on a financially motivated threat actor named TRIPLESTRENGTH for its opportunistic targeting of cloud environments for cryptojacking and onpremise ransomware attacks. "This actor engaged in a variety of threat activity, including cryptocurrency mining operations on hijacked cloud resources and ransomware activity," the tech giant's cloud division said in its 11th.

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πŸ–‹οΈ Cisco Fixes Critical Privilege Escalation Flaw in Meeting Management (CVSS 9.9) πŸ–‹οΈ

Cisco has released software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Meeting Management that could permit a remote, authenticated attacker to gain administrator privileges on susceptible instances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE202520156, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out 10.0. It has been described as a privilege escalation flaw in the REST API of Cisco Meeting Management. "This.

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πŸ–‹οΈ QakBot-Linked BC Malware Adds Enhanced DNS Tunneling and Remote Access Features πŸ–‹οΈ

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new BackConnect BC malware that has been developed by threat actors linked to the infamous QakBot loader. "BackConnect is a common feature or module utilized by threat actors to maintain persistence and perform tasks," Walmart's Cyber Intelligence team told The Hacker News. "The BackConnects in use were 'DarkVNC' alongside the IcedID.

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πŸ“” Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder Ulbricht πŸ“”

President Trump has pardoned the founder of original dark web marketplace Silk Road.

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πŸ“” New GhostGPT AI Chatbot Facilitates Malware Creation and Phishing πŸ“”

Cybercriminals are selling access to the malicious GenAI chatbot via Telegram, providing rapid assistance for a range of nefarious activities, according to Abnormal Security.

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πŸ–‹οΈ How to Eliminate Identity-Based Threats πŸ–‹οΈ

Despite significant investments in advanced technologies and employee training programs, credential and userbased attacks remain alarmingly prevalent, accounting for 5080 of enterprise breaches1,2. While identitybased attacks continue to dominate as the leading cause of security incidents, the common approach to identity security threats is still threat reduction, implementing layers of.

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πŸ–‹οΈ SonicWall Urges Immediate Patch for Critical CVE-2025-23006 Flaw Amid Likely Exploitation πŸ–‹οΈ

SonicWall is alerting customers of a critical security flaw impacting its Secure Mobile Access SMA 1000 Series appliances that it said has been likely exploited in the wild as a zeroday. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE202523006, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. "Preauthentication deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability has been identified in the.

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πŸ–‹οΈ New Research: The State of Web Exposure 2025 πŸ–‹οΈ

Are your websites leaking sensitive data? New research reveals that 45 of thirdparty apps access user info without proper authorization, and 53 of risk exposures in Retail are due to the excessive use of tracking tools. Learn how to uncover and mitigate these hidden threats and risksdownload the full report here. New research by web exposure management specialist Reflectiz reveals several.

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